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(No Model.)

P. OCARROLL. GAME BOARD No. 483,788. Patented Oct. 4, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK OCARROLL, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOTHOMAS CROOKS, OF SAME PLACE.

GAME-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,788, dated October4, 1892. I

Application filed November 21, 1391. Serial No. 412,657. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it kn own that I, PATRICK OCARROLL, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain and Ireland, and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Game Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a game apparatus; and it consists in the mattershereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a game apparatus constructed in accord ance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a detail View of one of the parts.

In said drawings, A represents a board pro- Vided with representationsof the diiferent bases of a base-ball ground, as at B, B, B and B and ofthe pitchers station at B Around the margins of the boardAis arranged asuitable representation of the base-line, which extends from one base toanother. A ball D is suspended above the central part of the board A inany suitable manner, as bya cord cl, preferably of elastic material andsecured at its upper end to an arch or hoop E, as at d.

A number of movable objects F F, preferably made in representation ofmen, is provided, and these movable objects are suitably constructed toadapt them to be moved along the base-line or course C. I prefer to forma groove or channel along this line or course, as illustrated in thedrawings, and to construct the lower portions of the movable objects soas to engage with said groove and to maintain said objects in verticalposition. This is 0011- veniently accomplished by means of theconstruction illustrated more particularlyin Fig. 2, in which the trackor groove is provided with overhanging strips or flanges C C, and thelower parts of the objects F F are provided with lateral flanges ff,adapted to engage beneath said overhanging strips or flanges C C. Asalso illustrated in Fig.2, the lower ends of said objects F F arepreferably made round, the groove in the outer margins of the boardbeing of a similar shape. The groove is prefthe players in the manner tobe hereinafter 5 5 described.

At one corner of the board, preferably at or near the home-base B, thegroove C is extended to the outside of the board, so as to permit of theplacing of the objects F F in or their removal from the groove C.

My game apparatus is used as follows: Any number of players seatthemselves about the board A, one of the number being appointed aspitcher. the bat. The pitcher draws back the ball D, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1, and delivers the ball toward the home-base in theordinary manner of playing base-ball. The player having the batendeavors to strike the ball and if successful moves his man E, which hehas placed in position in the groove, as shown in Fig. 1,beforecommencing to play, toward the first base B. The pitcher endeavors tocatch One of the other players takes 6 the ball and to touch the manbefore he has reached the first base B, and if successful the playerwhose man has been touched by the ball is considered out. If the man hasreached the base B, another player takes his place and adjusts his manin position,'as be- So fore described. The pitcher delivers the ball, asbefore, the player at the bat endeavoring to strike the ball, and theplayer whose man is on first base endeavoring to advance him to secondbase. ceeds, as in the regular game of base-ball, and, if desired,may begoverned by the same rules as the regular game.

In order to prevent the players from being In this manner the gameproable to move the men too quickly from one 0 base to another, thelower flanged portions of said men are arranged to fit loosely in thegroove C, so that a quick movement of the man will cause it to tilt toone side, thereby causing the flange f to bind in the groove be- 9 5tween the board and the overhanging strips or flanges C C. Thisnecessitates a careful and steady movement of the man from one base toanother and renders the chances of the players more nearly equal.

The game may obviously be played by any desired number of players, whomay choose sides or may play independently, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The herein-described game apparatus, comprising a board provided withrepresentations of the several bases of a base-ball ground, one or moremovable objects adapted to be moved from one base to another, and a ballsuspended above the central portion of the board and adapted to be swungor moved into a position to touch any one of the bases or movableobjects, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. game apparatus comprising a board provided with representations ofthe several bases of a base ball ground, a peripheral groove or trackextending from one of said bases to another, a ball suspended above thecentral portion of the board by means of an elastic cord attached to anarch or hoop, and one or more movable objects adapted to be removablyengaged with said peripheral groove or track and to be moved from baseto base about the board, the construction being such as to enable theball to be swung or moved into a position to touch-either of the basesor movable objects, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

PATRICK OCARROLL. Witnesses:

JOHN E. WILES, N. E. OLIPHANT,

